The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-05-28

to be cid at Lexington. on Wednesday, e
May 4th, Tor the purpose OF eieciinE delegates Z
10 the senatorial convention, to be held AT l
Odessa. 1hurday, May 9th.
IL was important, as We thought, to have The 5
senator in Jefferson City rs soon as possible. .
very best that could Ice done under The a" |
10 hold the election the day AFTER the its l
lature had assembled. u there Wac any Unto
spare by first calling t0wnshlp meetings anu l
then a con sentiOn al LeXing on, Messrs. oeeoer I
and vivion are the only persons VINO have iau
the sagacitv to discover 1t, that l have heard OF |
l should greatly have preferred that method,
but the other mode seemed preferable Under the
circumstances.
The meeting at Lexington was SHINY attended
from most OF the townships, as Was 10 be ex,
pee ed under SO short IL Notice, and the general
apathy III t always exists, unless there is a local
to Call The people out.
l attended the Lexington mass conven'lonI
and in conversation with Judge Aenophoh
Rylsnd and others, before the convention met
told them that l should advocate in the conven-
tiOn the right OF each township to name us ueltE
gates, US 1t was possible, though 1 did not think
It probable, that Lexington township. being SO
much more numerously represented in the m ell
ing than the other townships. might nnaeftahe
to run the convention.
The plan spoken of was agreed TO by the com
mittee on order of business, OF which the un.
large part of the blame tor which l take TO my
selD il was reported to the convention that La
jayette county WAS entitled to thirteen delegates,
when it should have been sixteen delegates.
Capt. Conner and myself being both mlstakph
about the matter. the old superintendent beins
thirteen to Lafayette and eleven delegates TO
johnson county, the new one being fourteen 10
johnson county and sixteen to Lafayette
county
The following extract from an editorial in the
Odessa Democrat. of N ~ 18Th, is appended to
show the action of the committee on order OF
business, in apportlonlng the thirteen Delegates
to the eight townships:
'.The Lafayette county convention, acting
| upon the supposition that the county was emil
| tied to but thirteen delegates, through its COM
mi,tee on rules and order of business, appor-
toned. as best they could, without dividing the
| vetes OF the eight townsh ps into fractions, the
delegates according to the democratic vote cast
in eachto ship for Theodore Brace for supreme
Judge. Lexington township cast in thst election
Qss6, for Judge Brace, .l6 votes and was allow
ell three delegates; Clay, 55 vnies, allowed two
delegates, Dover, 452 woes. a Lowell two dtie.
gates; Davis, 400 votes, allowed two delegatesi
Washington, 3s3 votes, allowed one delegate;
Sni-a- Bar. 376 votes, allowed one drlegaei
Frrrdom, ia votes. allowed one delegate.
The committee in making the aplioTtionm nj;
did not bel eve that any unfair advantage womb
be taken by any to~nah y, else they Muu,u
have made the representation from the different
townships as fractional as figures c"did have
made 1t before submitting their report to Tie
con vention.
The ommitt on order of business had acted
in perfect good laith. and their action was ai-
proved by the convention.
When 1t came to naming the delegates from
the different townships. the first evidence OF IN
delegates from, north HigglnsvIlle for d aver
/ township. Although north Higginsville is In
Dover township. 1t is, tor all practical
} purposes. a parl of the municipal corporation
of the town of Higginsville. the south part OF
which is in Davis township. If there We're
t pees Convention eSOtMio no'IIeff failed to see or hear them
The opinion was expressed on the street after
adjournment. that Hi. ginsville had four dele
! gates, and that the north part OF Dover township
ought to have a delegate accorded it.
Be all this as it may, when the convention
aasea 9n 10 IL shre od Sa,sss,a La sSSrt of f fSs nyym MaI
I to which che was entitled. To rectify this was
. the duty of the convention. Notwithstanding The
! Lexington convention had authorized the dele
gates attending the Odessa convention to cas-
, the vote OF the absentees. Two townships
8 Washington and Sni. a. Il that cast an aggre.
gate vote OF 759, had only two delegates IN thu
n convention, whereas Davis township, with 1t
= 400 votes. had a. many as Washington and sni
IL was deemed nothing but fair, aud in ac
= cordance with the usage OF the party, to hl ~
0 the delegation. The names submitted to tn
|. committee on credentials were not submitted u
q p~rosies. but to all out the Lafayette count!
d delegation to its full complement. The rui
" conflict with the action of the O
= CREDENTIALS at Odessa, and its ratlfcatlon D
u the conventinn.
10 Seeber and Vivion, of HiggInsville.
10 to show their hands. One of them, VIyion, {
g incorrectly stated It to he seeber in an ar,icl
oil that part of the report OF the committee o
credentials admitting the three delegates to tn
con vention, anu both Seeber and ViviOn mad
speeches in advocacy OF the motion. The cor
~v-ntion very properly admitted the delegates
he as the county was as much entitled TO the extr
,e three as 1t was to the thirteen delegates slecte
he The action of the convention in nominal
he ing and of the people electing him ts a matte
10 of history.
10 shall now proceed to clear awav the rubbis
~ contained in the Higginsville Advance, Of Ms
~ 2lst, in an article over the signatures OF Z. "
Seeter and e. ViviOn In an attempt to answt
lie an article in the Democrat of May 18th. In a
their rambling AMI irrelevant reply, they faile
40 to point out but one error in the Democrat
70 article. and that Was in attributing someihir
to Seeber that Vivton did, and in one OF the
l., nnmhpr Nominating MC(ausland as the memh
- from Lafayette on credentials.
)h There was a trick in this. notwithstanding
be They knew that johnson had iYo representa- /
d. districts. and lafayette but one. and as one
the pair had made the moiion that but thr
that the delegates from johnson must be
unison, they would, perhap. take an unfair a
- vantage OF Lafay cite, and rule the convention
ID. suit them, backed as they were by the Higgin
vile contingent.
But our friends from johnson were made
no such stuff. and with -mphasis sat down
81 the two schemers, Seeber and VIvion.
~ With q flourish the Hhze two ask what W
,nr Mr.. Ewing's object in moving in the coun
ia, convention that no proxies be all0 we'd? l "
,iaf tell you 1t was to prevent enter prising gent
81 men, like yourselves, from securing the PRIV
ont lege of incorporating tine citizens OF oil
~ three gentlemen from Washington and Sni-a-E
lie townships, that you might Cast a portion OF
Ir. vote OF those townships. without any regar
- townships or not.
% The gentlemen have quoted a latin motto VI
~. l me, UE46S !" uNO IUk6HS ~ ON4H 9ONS
~ which. being literally interpreted. means Iht
n man who lies in one thing, lies in eserything
shall apply this test to the gentlemen. an!
vi i'll be seen how the gentlemen come out. Y
say that Odessa had three deieg ates, to
nothing orc. L. Ewing, whose place of br
sy ness is in Odessa Odessa had two deleaal
rev one in the person OF Isaac Avitt. appointed
I ho Lexington, and DR.. Goodwin, admitted
1urt Odessa; Washington township had three d,
and George Fox and the writer. admitted
aOd Odessa.
anu Then again you say that c.. L. Ewing, be
cens one of the committee, wrote q resolution In
nep. committee room and refused to sustain it,
~ ppf Went back on his own resolution: The TIT
lev and the whole truth OF the matter. Is, that
acy resolution l offered was written by anol
ling gentleman and placed In my hands ut my
guest; wrote an addltionai resolution te
offer it torhe committee, as Mr.. Crisp was
aosh gagged in writing a set of resolutions. and a
Tue pended to his, and was the first resolution
inc the series that was offered and passed by
d OF eoaven.,on; Do You call that going back
VIII ~ never offered. as the substance OF the one "
oaant ten by myself was embraced IN those writes
p3,n- AS to the McGrew telegram. 1 knew notl
an ~ of It's existence until 1t was read to the con
rahis ton. My mind had been made up as t.
sonne Sparks, by a statement made by Mr.. Crisp,
S fore the convention met, relative TO Spark='
ives; sitIou on railroad legislation
Though you do lot say go IN So many wO
nuuuurr you Insinuate. and endeavor to incuicate the
a,t,. all through your inane harangue. that l I.
- ed the unit RUE IN the coulter nee Of The l.:
NJ, cite county delegation. You snow full
Now, 49, - ~ Vi
u Tu You know that | said, although you had
In tempted to kick me out of the convention, I
ooult would return good for EVIL That IconsiC
las. the ruls unfair and unGemocratic. and II
10 was opposed to gag laws.
'efm Not one word OF this can you dcnyI not
~ word OF It will you dare deny.
o.tS Your reference to my want OF education
I. uo not Icing resi- on ,ibie Tor it. is rather uni
! "e mute Tor an III. ID. and q lawyer. Qiol
ns doctor and the la yyer: 1--WE are not le5D
) :, a bic for your early education"
sh n. You are not. most alphabetically, ard
Di de- 80 - ~ NorJ 80, ~, W., y, :,
only ma I - He ~ - :" :" 800 h. dIg,
SD between tn word u-E-. lie aud tn" word
- would make indifferent sc~hoolmasters
shall not screen yourself behind he Hi ,gin'
, rno del gat"s bv saying hat | made a lion AT
4Ols en- Them. / did not mel ton Mr.. H ggi
J MIR. Hawkins. Neither OF them, TO my K
! ledge. said q word about exc udIng the
delegates from Sni-a-Bar ami Washinrt
have been associated with Mr., Higgins in
- eruua polite L and other meetings, and
,gne6 knew him to attempt the least uni ,irueSs i
me of them. That dodge VIII not 10. Neithe
of the ! ht'acR eslhsHlIie. n No'e ~ the eve
Eean OF railroad leg i%slatior, and that Is m0Ie
,rencr Messr-. See5er and ' ~ on cnE say, jul
g1ns- them by their course at the Ode ssa CONVEX
Il, M. To show he STRAIT to viii h DR.. Sevbe
sIaIe. Mr.. TIvion were compelled to resort in
ldeInn attempt U meet u eAcoriatieh gwen III
from their article IN the Advan sc Is quote
eI the 'fes, there Will lie conventions again /
Hon county, and the time has com wren pu
IN me fossils whose heads have grown gray fe
,rnirh from the lublic C Id, and sIll Others who
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